Abstract
The lack of a facility that would allow nonprogrammers to easily formulate temporal ad hoc analyses over a network of heterogeneous, constantly-updated data sources has been a significant impediment to research, particularly in the scientific community. In this paper we describe WebFormulate, an Internet-based system which facilitates the development of analyses using information obtained from databases on the Internet. The main distinction between this system and existing Internet facilities to retrieve information and assimilate it into computations is that WebFormulate provides the necessary facilities to perform continual queries, developing and maintaining dynamic links such that computations and reports automatically maintain themselves. A further distinction is that this system is specifically designed for users of spreadsheet-level ability, rather than professional programmers.
Recommended Citation
J. Leopold et al., "A Visual Query System for the Specification and Scientific Analysis of Continual Queries," Proceedings of the IEEE Symposia on Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2001, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jan 2001.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/HCC.2001.995260
Meeting Name
IEEE Symposia on Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2001
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
Internet; Internet-Based System; WebFormulate; Continual Queries; Data Sources; Dynamic Links; Formal Specification; Query Processing; Scientific Analysis; Specification Analysis; Temporal Ad Hoc Analyses; Visual Programming; Visual Query System
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2001 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2001
